"Newfoundlander in Exile is the first full study of Philip Tocque, considered by many to be Newfoundland's first man of letters. Marjorie Doyle has presented us with a clear picture of the early life and influences, the writings and wanderings of this remarkable Newfoundland author and patriot: his Carbonear childhood, his formative years as a young clerk and teacher in Newfoundland, through the years away in New England, the Gaspé and Ontario." - rear cover.